tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4509173218981631666.post7123956740087170656..comments2023-11-05T07:47:39.708-05:00Comments on The Blog of Diminishing Returns: Book Buyers the Latest Sign of Hard Economic TimesSeth Gitterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05419336947867237619noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4509173218981631666.post-14498470304005702002009-02-05T18:22:00.000-05:002009-02-05T18:22:00.000-05:00They're not supposed to come into our campus build...They're not supposed to come into our campus buildings except to keep a specific appointment that they have made with a faculty member (yay for private colleges with aggressive enforcement of trespassing laws), so I don't see them often, but I did see one last week. (One datapoint; very weak!)<BR/><BR/>Luckily a few of our alums arrange to send textbooks to Africa and other places that need them—so while I did pocket a cool $400 one time when a very lucky fellow came by while I was packing up my Ithaca College office for the move here, I haven't given much custom to the textbook-grubbers for good or for ill.Britthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02423314905629150881noreply@blogger.com